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The online Educational Media graduate degree at Appalachian

Appalachian State University’s Educational Media graduate degree equips you with the tools, knowledge and network you need to succeed.

Learn to make a bigger impact in the lives of learners through improved deployment of technology and learning opportunities in the classroom.

By sharpening your skills and knowledge about digitalized media networks and innovative learning technologies, you will be positioned for careers ranging from K-12 through four-year colleges.

This App State Online graduate degree program will allow you to focus your coursework in one of several tracks, each one opening up a new avenue of possibilities for your career. Each track offers you the opportunity to gain technical, aesthetic and intellectual skills and perspectives needed to analyze and develop online environments utilizing the digital networked media. This program provides an innovative blending of learning opportunities.

Careers

Technology facilitator

Librarians

Instructional technology specialist

Nonprofit organizations

Degree details

Concentrations

The Instructional Technology Specialist/K-12 track prepares students to assume educational leadership roles in the use of instructional technology in public schools, public libraries and related settings. It leads to state licensure for the North Carolina Advanced Licensure in Computers (077) and the Technology Facilitator Endorsement (079). Click for course information.

The Online Learning and Professional Development concentration offers students the opportunity to analyze and develop online learning and professional development pedagogies and environments. Click for course information.

With New Media Literacies and Global Perspectives, creative professionals dig deeper into their conceptual and functional understanding of new media, the internet and global education as it relates to its emerging role in education, training and faculty/staff development. Click for course information.

(Note: Not all courses listed may be delivered to App State Online students. Refer curriculum questions to the program contact.)

Program information

Coursework will be delivered online in two formats:

Synchronous: One evening per week per class, students join their classmates and instructor for a three-hour class in real-time in virtual classroom.

Asynchronous: Coursework may be completed on the student's own schedule, except for individualized online meetings with the instructor.

Note: Those seeking the Instructional Technology Specialist/K-12 track must have a North Carolina "A" Licensure or the equivalent from another state.

Application requirements:

Completed online application to graduate school

Application fee

Official (sealed or electronic) transcript from each college or university attended (other than Appalachian)

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Professional Licensure

This is a program that leads to licensure or certification. Appalachian State University cannot confirm whether this program will meet the requirements for professional licensure in other states or territories.